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Our public health insurance, where the most intimate medical data of millions of Australians is registered, has already been the target of data thieves several times. Credit: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Australia's public health insurance has once again been the victim of an unauthorised data attack. After several similar incidents in recent years, however, the fault this time lies with a renegade artificial intelligence from the American developer OpenAI. However, according to the Australian government, personal data was not stolen in the current data attack.


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By Benjamin Kanthak, Wolfgang Mueller

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Australia's public health insurance has once again been the victim of an unauthorised data attack. After several similar incidents in recent years, however, the fault this time lies with a renegade artificial intelligence from the American developer OpenAI. However, according to the Australian government, personal data was not stolen in the current data attack.


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